Roman Holiday: Theodosius and his Spanish Villa
Danny Wood visits Carranque Archaeological Park, near Madrid, recently opened to the public.
History Today
The Death of Roger II of Sicily
The King of Sicily died on February 26th, 1154.
With the Crofters to Canada
Archaeologist Keith Branigan uncovers clues revealing the patterns of emigration from the Isle of Barra to British North America, from 1770 to 1850.
Writing World History
C.A. Bayly looks at the opportunities presented to the historian in the 21st century when trying to write the history of the world.
Coming to Terms with the Past: Israel
David Cesarani examines the effects of a long history on a new nation state.
The Last Warlord
Rana Mitter recalls the career of a man who once ruled an area larger than France and Germany, but who spent forty years in Chiang Kai-shek’s gaols.
The Death of Joseph Priestley
The clergyman and chemist Joseph Priestley died February 6th, 1804, aged seventy-one.
History With the Boring Bits Put Back
Terry Jones, former Python, describes how a perverse fascination with the boring bits of Chaucer converted him from being a clown into a historian of the 14th century.
Amazons among the Coal Tubs
John Hannavy investigates the perennially fascinating ‘pit brow lasses’.
Fairy Tales, Old Wives and Printing Presses
Ruth Bottigheimer argues that the survival of our best-loved fairy tales owes more to popular print tradition than to fireside story-telling passed down through the generations.